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Slaughterhouse Shutdowns Ruffle Local-Food Movement

SEBASTOPOL—Slaughterhouses serving small chicken farmers have all but vanished in the Bay Area, undermining its reputation as a Mecca for the local-food movement.

Just two years ago, small farmers in Sonoma County, one of the Bay Area's major poultry-producing regions, had at least two local places to send their chickens for slaughter. Not having to travel far meant less stress on the birds, farmers say, and less fuel needed to get...